Tuesday, December 21, 2010

My human felt kinda bad about letting me watch that Sarah lady shoot a reindeer on TV, so she decided not to wait until Christmas eve to make the Bacon cookies. I'm still a little afraid of accidentally getting shot, so I traded the stupid deer ears in for an even stupider Santa hat.

Soooo not a fan of the Santa hat.

In case you missed it, when I was talking about Pug Bars the other dayMurphy's mom (hi Mary, I love you!) left a recipe for her special Bacon cookies in the comments. When I saw it had bacon bits *and* bacon grease in it, I begged my human to make me the cookies for Christmas.

Of course she totally said no. No to using the oven. No to following a recipe. And a great big fat NO to the bacon grease(especially the bacon grease). But then my human made the cookies from the make-your-own kit and it wasn't so bad. She didn't burn the house down and the cookies came out supertasty. So she agreed to try making cookies from a real, live recipe. And thanks to Mary & Murphy, the recipe she agreed to make has bacon in it.

I don't know what it's like at your house, but bacon is not a food group around here. It's kinda sad, but I ended up in a mostly-vegetable home. Which means I've eaten lots of carrots, but never a bacon. I don't exactly know what a bacon is, but just saying the word tastes good. Seriously. Say it: baaaaaaaa-con. Hmmm.

BAAAAACON!

My human was kinda freaked out by the bacon. The raw bacon. The cooking bacon. The grease of the bacon. The crackle and pop of smokin' hot bacon. She totally didn't feel the bacon love. But I totally did.

When the bacon was done cooking, it went in the bowl with a bunch of other stuff (like carob chips!). I wasn't allowed to help this time because last time I accidentally ate some stuff, so my human used her thumbs to make it all turn to cookies. She even made some tiny little cookies so we cook eat a whole bunch of them at once.

Best of all, the recipe made enough for two batches so we now have bacon cookies in the freezer, just waiting to be made. I haven't eaten this batch of cookies yet, but I already can't wait for the next batch.

Here's Mary's not-so-secret cookie recipe so you can get your human to make them for you too. If my human can do it, yours totally can so don't let them say no. I'm pretty sure they'd work for kitties too!

Combine the flours and garlic powder. And maybe some bacon bits. Or carob chips, hmm, that might be cool. Add the BACON GREASE!! (or Crisco. Whatever.) Blend until crumbly. Add egg and liquid and mix. Form dough into balls and knead a bit. Add small drops of water if dough is not sticking together to form a ball. May be stored in frig one week at this point, or frozen up to 6 months.

Roll out 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch thick and cut into shapes with cookie cutter. My human uses a teeny tiny heart shaped cutter and rolls the dough thin to make tiny cookies and more of them. (She says, always leave 'em wanting more. I think she means me and Murph wanting more bacon cookies.) Bake at 350 degrees 20 to 30 minutes, until edges start to look golden brown. How long it takes to cook depends on how thin you roll the dough, and how big the cookies are, so watch the first batch carefully so you know how long to bake them. Cool on wire rack nor newspapers on countertop, out of reach of drooling pooches.

Big cookies: 2 dozen.Small cookies: maybe as many as 5 or 6 dozen. It just depends on how thin the dough, and how big the cookie cutter.

25 comments:

Hi Puglet,The Baaccoonn recipe will definitely be made in our house. Thanks to Murphy's mom for sharing.

Our mom made cookies last night for us *Santa Paw* cookies with oatmeal, pecans and dried apricots. We think your mom would like these, no animal products in the recipe.

Hey if your mom should ever decide to make bacon again, tell her to make it outside on the grill (in a pan), no snap crackle popping grease and no meat smell in the house, cept we really like the meat smell.Ellie, Emmitt and Eli from San Antonio

Puglet, my brothers and I are big fans of bacon and these cookies look pawsitively delish! Can't wait to get my human to make them for us but my human said he didn't think garlic was very good for dogs, especially pugs? Are you sure about the garlic because we really want my human to make these cookies!

My human (the wanna be vet) says Garlic is OK in small amounts. It can cause anemia if you feed it a lot and shouldn't be given to little baby dogs or dogs that are sick, but the amount in the cookies is totally safe. If you're really worried, you can just leave it out. With all that bacony goodness, who needs garlic??

Not sure how easy it'll be to get my human to make bacon again (she said something about these being Christmas-only cookies), but maybe the grill idea will convince her it's not so bad. She wasn't a fan of the lingering bacon aroma - but I was!!

oh puglet! you don't know the things i've done for bacon. i get in so much trouble but it's soooooo worth it. oh man, thank you a million times for this recipe. i'm going to do my best jimmy with doe eyes until mommy makes them.

I grew up on turkey bacon and had to make real bacon a few weeks ago and was terrified... I am pretty sure it was horrifying... Hot grease was flying everywhere!!!! So don't completely blame your mama!!!

I did make the pug bars for my babies the other day and took a bunch to a xmas party and they were a hit!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!

Bacony goodness......yum. I don't get much bacon (mom says it's one of those foods that smells better cooking than it actually tastes). My dad eats it, but mom usually just has a small bite. And we get a taste SOMETIMES, but not often enough.

We WILL be getting some of those delicious cookies, though. I'm going to make DARN sure mom makes us some - or else I'll embarrass her somehow in agility.

Our human loves the Puglet and told us that she gets the best tips here! She's definitely making us the Bacon Cookies! I'm a foodie (Winston) and my friend is not (Tawny) but I am sure sharing these cookies with our cousins, Buster, Mia and Jackson will make our house a favorite this season! Thanks for sharing with our human! We get the benefits of it all!

Half a cup of bacon grease?! That's a whole lot of frying going on! And don't you just love the way the whole house smells so bacony afterwards? The curtains, the rug, the sofa, your human-it permeates everything! Not only is it tasty, it's the best potpourri ever!

Our human has been very busy with something called finals and then that brontosaurus that your human had. So imagine our delight when she got on to the computer to check out the DP. If that was not enough to make a pugs day...a recipe for bacon cookies! This is the best Christmas present EVER! Thanks Pug, Murphy and especially thank you Mary for what could only be called Pug Bliss. As soon as our gets rid of that evil dinosaur she promises to make us bacon cookies. When she does we'll save some for you.Luv, Zoey & Phoebe

My Mom cooks bacon in the oven on an aluminum lined cookie sheet (with sides, to hold in the grease). Set oven to 400 and bake till crispy, usually 20 minutes. Not as much mess & doesn't stink up the house as much.

You have counter super-powers. What is your secret? I'm to short, I would love to help my Mom cook.

bacon bacon......bacon bacon....woohooo! Hope you love those cookies as much as me and Mr. Bear do! My mom is making our baaaaacon Christmas cookies today. I might even let that Santa dude have some. Well, maybe one of them.